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Introduction ...

Since our focus is on geography, we don't have burial or interment information. Nor do we have any contact information for the Common Street Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Common Street Cemetery (FG ID #1976172)

Note: We have organized the cemeteries in our Gazetteer based on a problem that we had while working on our own genealogy. Without specifying the cemeteries involved, we found an ancestor that we believed to have been buried in one cemetery was actually buried elsewhere.

We discovered that his burial had been refused at the last moment and the family had scrambled to make new arrangements. By looking at nearby cemeteries, the surrounding communities and in newspapers of the period, we were finally able to locate his burial site.

Should you find yourself in the same situation, we hope that our Gazetteer helps you discover your lost ancestor.

The Location of the Common Street Cemetery ...

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Common Street Cemetery

Lat:   42.3688°   (42° 22' 7")

Lon:   -71.1781°   (-71° 10' 41")

The Common Street Cemetery is located in Middlesex County<2>.

The county seat for Middlesex County is located in Cambridge. Cambridge lies just to the east of the Common Street Cemetery .

Websites to help with your research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their websites are open to everyone.

To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that might help with the Common Street Cemetery:

  • Pages specific to Massachusetts:
  • Pages specific to Middlesex County:
  • Genealogy information for nearby counties:
  • Cemetery Information and Directories:
  • About the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church ...
    • Although we don't have a link to the Common Street Cemetery itself, you might be curious about the African Methodist Episcopal Church. See their website at:
    • The African Methodist Episcopal Church

    • List of neighboring communities ...

    The following 29 communities are within Less than 2 miles<3> of the Common Street Cemetery.

    We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Common Street Cemetery, with the nearest first.

    • Watertown
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watertown
      • Watertown is located in Middlesex County
      • Estimated population in 2015: 34,319 people
    • Belmont
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
      • Belmont is located in Middlesex County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 25,873 people
    • North Village
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Village have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Village
      • North Village is located in Middlesex County
    • Nonantum ‑ Historic
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nonantum have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nonantum
      • Nonantum is located in Middlesex County
    • Waverley
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Waverley have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waverley
      • Waverley is located in Middlesex County
    • Newtonville
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Newtonville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newtonville
      • Newtonville is located in Middlesex County
    • Brighton
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brighton
      • Brighton is located in Suffolk County
    • Newton
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton
      • Newton is located in Middlesex County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 87,803 people
    • Newton Center
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Newton Center have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton Center
      • Newton Center is located in Middlesex County
    • Chestnut Hill
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chestnut Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Hill
      • Chestnut Hill is located in Middlesex County
    • Allston
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Allston have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allston
      • Allston is located in Suffolk County
    • Huron Village
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Huron Village have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huron Village
      • Huron Village is located in Middlesex County
    • Continue List   (17 more) ...
      • Auburndale
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburndale
        • Auburndale is located in Middlesex County
      • West Newton
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Newton have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Newton
        • West Newton is located in Middlesex County
      • Eliot
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eliot
        • Eliot is located in Middlesex County
      • Newton Highlands
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton Highlands
        • Newton Highlands is located in Middlesex County
      • Arlington Heights
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Arlington Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington Heights
        • Arlington Heights is located in Middlesex County
      • Brookline
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookline
        • Brookline is located in Norfolk County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 59,022 people
      • Cambridge
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambridge
        • Cambridge is located in Middlesex County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 119,192 people
      • Arlington
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington
        • Arlington is located in Middlesex County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 45,169 people
      • Waltham
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waltham
        • Waltham is located in Middlesex County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 62,069 people
      • Riverview
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Riverview have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview
        • Riverview is located in Middlesex County
      • Newton Lower Falls
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Newton Lower Falls have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton Lower Falls
        • Newton Lower Falls is located in Middlesex County
      • Waban
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waban
        • Waban is located in Middlesex County
      • Newton Upper Falls
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Newton Upper Falls have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton Upper Falls
        • Newton Upper Falls is located in Middlesex County
      • Westbrook Village
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Westbrook Village have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westbrook Village
        • Westbrook Village is located in Norfolk County
      • Brookline Village
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brookline Village have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookline Village
        • Brookline Village is located in Norfolk County
      • Somerville
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerville
        • Somerville is located in Middlesex County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 80,935 people
      • West Medford
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Medford have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Medford
        • West Medford is located in Middlesex County

    For the full list of neighboring communities with details, please visit our extended List of Communities.

    Nearby communities with newspapers ...

    The following communities are those where newspapers have been published and are located in the vicinity of the Common Street Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Middlesex County.

    More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Common Street Cemetery.

    We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

    List of nearby cemeteries ...

    Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 23 that are within 4 miles [6.4 km] of the Common Street Cemetery.<5>

    We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Common Street Cemetery, with the nearest first.

    • St. Patricks Cemetery
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Patricks Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The St. Patricks Cemetery is located in Middlesex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Patricks Cemetery
    • Ridgelawn Cemetery
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ridgelawn Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Ridgelawn Cemetery is located in Middlesex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ridgelawn Cemetery
    • Calvary Cemetery
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Calvary Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Calvary Cemetery is located in Middlesex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Calvary Cemetery
    • Cambridge Cemetery
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • The Cambridge Cemetery is located in Middlesex County
      • The Cambridge Cemetery has also been known as:
      • City of Cambridge Cemetery
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cambridge Cemetery
    • Mt. Auburn Catholic Cemetery
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Mt. Auburn Cemetery
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • The Mt. Auburn Cemetery is located in Middlesex County
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Mt. Auburn Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Cambridge.
      • The Mt. Auburn Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Sandbanks Cemetery
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Auburn Cemetery
      • Jump to the Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System: MACRIS ID #CAM.801 <6>
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #91241 <1>
    • Belmont Cemetery
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Grove Hill Cemetery
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • East Parish Burying Ground
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the East Parish Burying Ground have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The East Parish Burying Ground is located in Middlesex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the East Parish Burying Ground
      • Jump to the Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System: MACRIS ID #NWT.801 <6>
    • Evergreen Cemetery
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Burial Hill Cemetery
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Burial Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Burial Hill Cemetery is located in Middlesex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Burial Hill Cemetery
    • North Cambridge Catholic Cemetery
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Continue List   (11 more) ...
      • Beth Israel Memorial Park
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • Mt. Feake Cemetery
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • Newton Cemetery
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Holyhood Cemetery
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • Brookline Cemetery
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Brookline Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • The Brookline Cemetery is located in Norfolk County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Brookline Cemetery
      • Old Burying Ground
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Old Burying Ground have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • The Old Burying Ground is located in Middlesex County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old Burying Ground
      • Somerville Cemetery
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Somerville Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • The Somerville Cemetery is located in Middlesex County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Somerville Cemetery
      • Somerville Cemetery
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Somerville Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • The Somerville Cemetery is located in Middlesex County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Somerville Cemetery
      • Veterans Cemetery
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Veterans Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • The Veterans Cemetery is located in Middlesex County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Veterans Cemetery
      • St. Pauls Cemetery
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Pauls Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • The St. Pauls Cemetery is located in Middlesex County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Pauls Cemetery
      • Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)

    For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.

    Miscellaneous References and Mentions ...

    Our approach is to add the name of a cemetery whenever we see it mentioned - usually from newspapers, old books and maps. Typically we have little information to start with, but we continue to add detail as we find it.

    We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that we found useful for the Common Street Cemetery:

    • Referenced GNIS Record ...
    • GNIS ID #600887  (Common Street Cemetery)
      • Note: GNIS record #600887 has been archived by the USGS. It is no longer maintained by the USGS, nor can it be retrieved from their website.
      • Class: cemetery         Map Name: Newton
      • County: Middlesex         Elev: 76
      • Location given for GNIS #600887 (Common Street Cemetery)
    • Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry:  #1976172

    The official website for State of Massachusetts: https://www.mass.gov/

    Footnotes ...

    <1>The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com.
    <2>If you're interested in how the shape of Massachusetts' counties, including Middlesex, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
    <3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Common Street Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.3688, Longitude: -71.1781    
    <4>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
    <5>While we have an extensive database of cemeteries (with over 200,000 entries), you can be assured that it's not complete and our list will be missing cemeteries.
    <6>The Massachusetts Historical Commission (MHC) has created and maintains a database of historic properties that is called MACRIS (for the Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System). More information about the MHC and MACRIS can be found on their website: mhc-macris.net.

    When visiting the MACRIS website, you might encounter their page requiring the 'Acceptance of Terms'. With your acceptance, you'll be transfered to the desired page.




 

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